{"id":1175,"date":"2021-04-15T13:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T11:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/15\/three-days-of-pain-how-i-built-a-gaming-pc\/"},"modified":"2021-04-15T13:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T11:59:22","slug":"three-days-of-pain-how-i-built-a-gaming-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/15\/three-days-of-pain-how-i-built-a-gaming-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Three days of pain: how I built a gaming PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

For an enthusiastic computer nerd, it should have been a fun, fulfilling, money-saving distraction during lockdown. Then the error messages started<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just like building Lego, they said. Enjoy the process, they said. You\u2019ll have such a feeling of accomplishment when it\u2019s finished. This is what friends and colleagues told me when I set out to build a PC. It did not quite go that way.<\/p>\n

It seems more and more people are choosing to construct their own gaming machines rather than buying them already made. It\u2019s cheaper (in theory), you get to choose the exact specifications, and it\u2019s something to do while you\u2019re stuck at home in lockdown. Even Superman actor Henry Cavill has been getting in on the act, making a video of himself constructing his new machine while wearing a really tight vest<\/a>. I thought it would be a fun thing to do with my 13-year-old son as a sort of Easter holiday treat. We\u2019re both nerds \u2013 what could go wrong?<\/p>\n

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\nFor an enthusiastic computer nerd, it should have been a fun, fulfilling, money-saving distraction during lockdown. Then the error messages started
\nIt\u2019s just like building Lego, they said. Enjoy the process, they said. You\u2019ll have such a feeling of accomplishment when it\u2019s finished. This is what friends and colleagues told me when I set out to build a PC. It did not quite go that way.
\nIt seems more and more people are choosing to construct their own gaming machines rather than buying them already made. It\u2019s cheaper (in theory), you get to choose the exact specifications, and it\u2019s something to do while you\u2019re stuck at home in lockdown. Even Superman actor Henry Cavill has been getting in on the act, making a video of himself constructing his new machine while wearing a really tight vest. I thought it would be a fun thing to do with my 13-year-old son as a sort of Easter holiday treat. We\u2019re both nerds \u2013 what could go wrong? Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For an enthusiastic computer nerd, it should have been a fun, fulfilling, money-saving distraction during lockdown. Then the error messages started It\u2019s just like building Lego, they said. Enjoy the process, they said. You\u2019ll have such a feeling of accomplishment when it\u2019s finished. This is what friends and colleagues told me when I set out …<\/p>\n

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